La classe des milliardaires russes a retrouvé sa richesse collective d'avant-guerre, mais les conditions qui ont permis ce redressement sont déjà épuisées. L'économiste politique Ilya Matveev analyse, pour The Moscow Times, l'étau structurel qui enserre désormais les oligarques russes : les sanctions occidentales ont fermé la voie de l'internationalisation qui leur donnait autrefois un certain levier face au Kremlin, tandis que les nationalisations de temps de guerre leur ont rappelé que les (…)

Russia's billionaire class has recovered its pre-war collective wealth, but the conditions sustaining that recovery are already exhausted. Western sanctions have closed off the internationalization that previously gave the oligarchs leverage over the Kremlin, while wartime nationalization has reminded them that domestic property rights remain conditional on political loyalty. Andrey Melnichenko's profile in The Economist --- a public declaration of fealty to Vladimir Putin wrapped in the (…)

In Ampara District, the Tamil-majority coastal community of Thirukkovil is mobilising against planned mineral sands mining operations targeting deposits of ilmenite, rutile, zircon, and garnet beneath its beaches. Residents, fishermen's associations, and local government bodies have spent nearly two decades resisting corporate overtures --- including offers of boats, nets, and infrastructure in exchange for signatures of consent --- citing the destruction wrought by decades of state-run (…)

La côte orientale du Sri Lanka concentre certains des gisements de sables minéraux les plus importants d'Asie du Sud --- et depuis plusieurs années, des sociétés multinationales cherchent à en extraire l'ilménite, le rutile, le zircon et le grenat au détriment des communautés qui y vivent. Ce mouvement d'accaparement s'inscrit dans un contexte plus large : celui d'un Sri Lanka post-guerre civile où les régions à majorité tamoule du Nord et de l'Est restent sous-développées et exposées à des (…)

The razor thin loss of the left in the presidential election in Peru and the left's rejection of the legitimacy of the election of US citizen and ultra-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia have set the stage for a new period of social and class conflict in Latin America.
The political temperature in Colombia continues to rise following the contested official election results that have made extreme-right wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella the presumptive president (…)